Auckland Transport to create a Statement of Imagination
At the Auckland Conversations talk by Janette Sadik-Khan, Auckland Transport chairman Lester Levy talked about creating a “Statement of Imagination”. It turns out that AT have been working on this since the beginning of the year. They say it will be ready by the end of the year and then they will formally include it as part of their statement of intent from next year.…
19 Comments How the AWHC is a waste of $5.3 billion
Update 24/7/14 – Given the rumours flying around today about Government announcing the possible acceleration of this project, we have made this earlier post “sticky” while we write up a new post on the issue for tomorrow.
This is the first of a couple of posts looking more closely at the Additional Waitemata Harbour Crossing project and how we could do it differently.…
Image of the Day: Practical Urbanism
This image by Daniel Smith was created as part of a public transport service design brief at AUT. Of the many great projects this one caught my eye as being particularly useful and feasible.
Imagine if there was a lab that was constantly studying, testing and implementing low cost solutions to help people use the city.…
AT proposing more ferries to Gulf Harbour
There are many aspects that need to come together for a successful and well used public transport system. Above all else, frequency is the single most important one of these and as the saying goes, Frequency is Freedom. So it’s good to see Auckland Transport proposing to increase the number of ferry services to and from Gulf Harbour.…
NZ Initiative’s ideology short-changes compact city debate
The New Zealand Initiative last night released a think piece on the trade-offs of urban form – entitled “Up or Out“. Given the extensive recent debates in Auckland over the Auckland Plan and the Unitary Plan, plus the ongoing issue of housing affordability, it’s helpful to have further analysis and research in this area.…
Should all New Zealand vehicles pay Road User Charges?
Transport isn’t cheap: the government, and councils, will spend about $4 billion in the next three years to maintain and improve the transport network. These costs are funded through taxes on petrol, and Road User Charges for diesel and other vehicles, with both of these charges getting funnelled into the National Land Transport Fund.…
How better parking policies will help Auckland become the world’s most liveable city
I’m proud of Auckland in particular and New Zealand in general. The city has come a long way in a short time, even if much work remains to be done to become the “world’s most liveable city.” One area where Auckland is doing relatively well, but might potentially do even better, is parking policy.…
Photo of the Day: Same as it ever was
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Postcard from San Francisco
San Francisco is a city that is hard on the knees. It’s hilly, really really hilly. The streets are laid out in a classic grid form with criminal disregard to the natural topography. Particularly downtown there are many roads that literally go straight up a small mountain.…
The Draft 2015-2025 Government Policy Statement
Yesterday the government released the draft Government Policy Statement (GPS) for 2015-2025 and it continues the 1960’s thinking that we’ve been stuck with for years. As things are currently set up the GPS perhaps the most important document in determining what is invested in.…
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